A poor crowd gathered at the Claremont Road ground on Wednesday evening to welcome the Casuals, who brought a strong team to play Golders Green in aid of the Manor House Hospital. The match was the first to be played for the Golders Green Hospital Cup, pesented by Mr. Will Mather, who handed the trophy to the Casuals' team after their clear cut victory of three goals to nil.

Although the small attendance was a big disappointment, the game fully compensated for that by its many thrills. Golders Green could not cope with the fast play of the Casuals, who slung the ball about from wing to wing, but after the first goal had been scored, the Green settled down and began to play a thoughtful, scheming kind of game which, however, was not rewarded with goals.

Golders Green came near scoring on many occasions, and deserved a goal or two, especially in the last 15 minutes. The Casuals' speed won them the game, but the light ball on a hard ground was another factor against accurate strategic play. The Casuals overcame this by keeping the play open.

For the Casuals, the outstanding man was Woolcock, in goal, while Whewell and Lockey were the most dangerous forwards.

Hill and Breagan stood out as forwards for the Green, while Davis and Weaver were the best halves. Pidgeon was the better of the two backs.

Golders Green were rarely in the picture in the opening stages, as far as attacking went, and the defence had to be on the alert constantly against the lively forwards, who soon tested Barlow with one or two swift shots. Once Lambie got away on his own and took the ball almost to the corner flag before passing back to Boston, whose high centre dropped on the back of the net.

Weaver, with Pidgeon and Caswell, often robbed the Casuals' forwards just in time to prevent a shot, but after 15 minutes LOCKEY beat Bucci and scored with a low drive.

After that goal the Golders Green forwards had much more of the play. Hill, Breagan and Lambie tried hard on the right wing, while Webster and Boston often harassed the defence with quick swerves, but their final shots were blocked. Just on half-time LOCKEY again broke through the defence. He rounded Davis, beat Barlow to the ball, and scored the second goal.

Golders Green resumed with Bucci at left-half and Davis on the right, the last-named becoming prominent with a forward pass to Hill, who shot hard, but Strasser headed out from the goalmouth for a fruitless corner.

Lambie found it difficult to get past the Casuals' centre-half, and after 20 minutes Golders Green made a change in the forwards, Bucci going into the centre, but he, too, found the defence well on top. Weaver dispossessed Lockey in the penalty area, but the Casuals increased their lead when, after heavy pressure by Boston and Hill, Whewell broke away and passed to COUCHMAN, who put the ball past Barlow.

Towards the end Golders Green attacked strongly, but Woolcock made some very fine saves, punching out shots from Breagan and Hill.

After the match, Mr. A. Gordon Raymond, president of Golders Green F.C., welcomed the Casuals, and Mr. Will Mather presented the cup to Whewell, the Casuals' captain, who replied.